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Paul and His Legacy

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“… A treasure-trove of straight talk on the use and misuse of the Pauline letters. Careful, lucid, clear, insightful, lively, cogent and intelligent, these essays help unscramble the tangle of problems the letters contain. Even if one disagrees one cannot ignore the arguments Walker makes. These essays are a great anti-dote to the dogmatism and intolerance of so much modern religious discourse.” —Calvin J. Roetzel, University of Minnesota

Paul and His Legacy

Collected Essays

William O. Walker, Jr.

The letters of the apostle Paul are the oldest extant records of Christian history. Yet certain passages in the letters present exegetical, historical and theological problems that have had a lasting impact on Western culture. Paul’s letter to the Galatians, for instance, underpins modern Christian attitudes toward gender and sexuality, faith and law, and ultimately Jewish-Christian relations. How should such passages be translated and interpreted in a historically sensitive way? Which passages are authentically Pauline and which were inserted by later generations? What historical information can we glean from the letters? Representing three decades of research on the Pauline letters, this collection of essays gives special attention to historical-critical issues in Galatians, 1 & 2 Corinthians, and Romans, along with the often problematic dependence of the book of Acts on the letters of Paul.» See inside the book

Praise for Paul and His Legacy:

"In this book readers are able to follow the work of a scholar who has—for almost four decades—intensively examined the correspondence of Paul. Many of the essays in this impressive collection constitute fundamental scholarship on the letters of Paul, attempting as they do to determine what Paul wrote and what he did not write. Others propose innovative and compelling solutions to long-contested problems. All of them demonstrate Walker’s meticulous attention to the original texts and his clarity in setting out the results." —Joseph B. Tyson, Professor emeritus of Religious Studies, Southern Methodist University

“… Walker’s work is characterized by breadth and depth of research, clarity and cogency of argument, and creativity and originality of perspective.” —William Baird, Professor emeritus of New Testament, Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University

Contents

Preface Abbreviations

Part One: Studies in Galatians

Chapter One: Why Paul Went to Jerusalem: The Interpretation of Galatians 2:1–5 Chapter Two: Translation and Interpretation of Ἐὰν Μή in Galatians 2:16 Chapter Three: Does the “We” in Galatians 2:15–17 Include Paul’s Opponents? Chapter Four: Galatians 2:8 and the Question of Paul’s Apostleship Chapter Five: Galatians 2:7b–8 as a Non-Pauline Interpolation Chapter Six: “There Is Not Male and Female”: A Pauline Addition in Galatians 3:28

Chapter Twelve: The Timothy-Titus Problem Reconsidered Chapter Thirteen: Acts and the Pauline Corpus Reconsidered Chapter Fourteen: Acts and the Pauline Corpus Revisited: Peter’s Speech at the Jerusalem Conference Chapter Fifteen: The Story of Peter and Cornelius as a Corrective to Galatians 2:11–14 Chapter Sixteen: The Portrayal of Aquila and Priscilla in Acts: The Question of Sources

Addendum: The “Theology of Woman’s Place” and the “Paulinist” Tradition

Bibliography Index of Ancient Sources Index of Modern Authors

William O. Walker, Jr. (Ph.D., Duke University) is the Jennie Farris Railey King Professor Emeritus of Religion at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. He has served as author, co-author, editor, associate editor, or assistant editor of a number of books, including Interpolations in the Pauline Letters (2001) and The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (1996). He has also published more than fifty articles on New Testament topics. He is a member of Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, the Society of Biblical Literature, the Catholic Biblical Association of America, and the Westar Institute’s Acts Seminar.

"Paul and His Legacy is as informed and informative as it is thoughtful and thought-provoking. A work of seminal scholarship that is fully accessible to the non-specialist general reader as it is to the academic scholar or ecclesiastical theologian, Paul and His Legacy is very highly recommended for personal, seminary, community, and academic library Christian Studies collections." —Midwest Book Review

"This collection of Walker essays is a treasure-trove of straight talk on the use and misuse of the Pauline letters. Careful, lucid, clear, insightful, lively, cogent and intelligent, these essays help unscramble the tangle of problems the letters contain. Even if one disagrees one cannot ignore the arguments Walker makes. These essays are a great anti-dote to the dogmatism and intolerance of so much modern religious discourse." —Calvin J Roetzel, Sundet Professor emeritus of New Testament and Christian Studies, University of Minnesota

"In this book readers are able to follow the work of a scholar who has—for almost four decades—intensively examined the correspondence of Paul. Many of the essays in this impressive collection constitute fundamental scholarship on the letters of Paul, attempting as they do to determine what Paul wrote and what he did not write. Others propose innovative and compelling solutions to long-contested problems. All of them demonstrate Walker’s meticulous attention to the original texts and his clarity in setting out the results." —Joseph B. Tyson, Professor emeritus of Religious Studies, Southern Methodist University

“... Walker’s work is characterized by breadth and depth of research, clarity and cogency of argument, and creativity and originality of perspective.” —William Baird, Professor emeritus of New Testament, Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University

"One of the joys of Walker’s writing is that he actively poses questions to his readers and invites further discussion and research. Given the length and spread of Walker’s career and writing as well as the depth he brings to his research, this collection should be a must have for any graduate student or scholar hoping to engage with the legacy and writings of Paul." —Daniel N. Gullotta, Exploring the World of the First Christians and the New Testament blog